USB Regen from UpTone

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….I find rather than trying to A/B by putting something in and out of my system, it is easier for me to add something to the system, get used to it for a while, then pull it out and see if it makes a positive or negative difference.

FWIW, YMMV.

I do agree with this.  I plan to do a bit more of that over the coming days/weeks.

Before I started A/bing I let a small selection of well known tracks play with the regen out, I didn't hear any detrimental effects or feeling that something was 'worse'. But this was just a small window one evening.  

I do think if something's meant to give a real improvement, it should be 'fairly' obvious when properly listening for it.  There are so many positive things posted on CA about the device that there are a lot of pointers to clear improvements to listen for.  In terms of what people are hearing there, I wonder what is due to the Regen's 5V vs the actual 'regenerating' of the signal.

Assuming I have time to listen, if after the next week or so I can't convince myself it's doing something useful, I'll gladly lend it to an established (and localish) member with a higher end system than me to see what they make of it.

This is rather strange, but of course not impossible. You may in fact already have very good USB transfer from your Mac Mini. I think I've noticed that there is less "wow" from Mac Mini users than others. In my case the Regen between an Intel NUC and 250 make a BIG difference... I still use a "green" Regen even if I also have the "amber" board. Using the AQVOX 5V supply, this works better with the "green". The SMPS that comes with Regen is not usable in my system at all. Maybe the BOTW will make a difference?